Altitude Page #3

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- I'm wiping my whoIe ass with it.

- Okay, SaI, that's enough.

Okay?

Just give it back to him.

- LittIe kid stiII reading comics.

- Give it back to him.

Yeah, you want your comic?

You want your comic?

- Take your f***ing comic.

- Come on, SaI. God.

It's okay.

What's that?

It's a bus ticket to MontreaI.

MontreaI?

Isn't that where you're moving, Sara?

Sorry, man.

I was gonna teII you.

When exactly

were you gonna teII me?

I don't know.

We'II taIk about this Iater.

- Center, Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

- Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

Yankee ZuIu X-ray requesting

Yankee ZuIu X-ray, you're cIeared

to 1 0,500, negative traffic.

Hey.

What's going on?

Um, we've got weather ahead

and I'm not instrument rated

- so we'II have to cIimb above it.

- Whoa whoa whoa.

What does

not instrument rated mean?

It means I have to visuaIIy maintain

separation from the ground at aII times.

TransIation:
it means she can't

fly through cIouds.

Clouds?

Are you kidding me?

( groans )

WiII you shut up?

How high

does this thing go anyway?

Surface ceiIing is 24,000.

Look at it this way--

commerciaI airlines fly at 40.

( rattIing )

Sorry about that, guys.

It's just a IittIe bit of unsettIed air.

- Unsettled air?

- It's the third time.

Aren't we supposed

to IeveI off or something?

- I'm trying.

- What do you mean you're trying?

It means I'm trying.

- Quit screwing around, Sara.

- This isn't a joke.

The eIevator's not responding

for some reason.

- There's an eIevator on this pIane?

- Not that kind of eIevator.

You see that part on the tail

that's sticking up at an angIe?

- Which part?

- The hinged sextion.

- Yeah.

- Okay, when air goes over it

the taiI goes down, making us go up.

l don't know,

something's jammed it.

- You've got to be kidding me.

- Come on.

- What do we do?

- SaI:
MeI, put the camera away!

For 10 minutes!

Center, Yankee Zulu X-ray.

I think I have a probIem here.

Yankee Zulu X-ray, Center.

Are you decIaring an emergency?

Yankee ZuIu X-ray, uh...

not at this time.

Not at this time? I thought you said

we couIdn't IeveI off.

No, there are procedures for this.

l'll just reduce power.

You shouId probabIy teII

them that then, Sara.

Hey, who's the piIot here?

Everyone just reIax, okay?

( thunder rumbIing )

Oh no.

Oh sh*t.

Coz, we shouId turn around.

Turn this thing around.

Sara, we need to go back.

- Let's turn around now.

- Yeah.

What the heII?

( thunder rumbIing )

This is bad.

I'm sure this is bad.

Sara:

Everybody just stay caIm, okay?

That's impossibIe.

Cory:
20,000 feet?

Is that right?

It can't be.

There must be some kind of gIitch.

Center, Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

My elevator is jammed

and my instruments are maIfunctioning.

I am cIimbing and have Iost position

in cloud. Please advise.

( static )

- Center, Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

- Hey, what the heII is going on?

I can't raise anybody.

What do you mean

you can't raise anybody?

Mayday mayday mayday.

Yankee Zulu X-ray.

ApproximateIy 15 miIes

east of Patterson VOR,

aItitude unknown,

instrument faiIure.

- PIease respond.

- ( static )

Mayday mayday mayday.

Yankee Zulu X-ray.

( radio screeching )

Sara?

No one's answering.

There's nothing.

- Just dead air.

- Jesus Christ.

- So what do we do?

- l don't know.

You don't know?

You're the pilot.

Get us out of this!

Okay, what about the procedures?

You said you wanted to reduce power.

I can't risk it now.

VisibiIity is zero.

And without instruments

we couId fly straight into a mountain.

Hey, what did you do?

Huh?

You Iet him fly the pIane.

He probabIy f***ed something up.

- He didn't do anything.

- Yeah weII, somebody did.

Sal:

Yeah yeah yeah, he's right.

You know what?

This is your fauIt, Sara.

Sara:

This is not my fauIt.

How Iong have you had

your license anyway?

Sara:

Long enough.

You onIy checked out on one

of these things, what, Iike a week ago?

Jesus Christ, I can't beIieve

l was stupid enough--

SaI, wiII you just caIm down?

You're not helping.

Maybe I missed something during

the preflight, l don't know.

- Cory:
Maybe you missed something?

- SaI:
Oh, there you go.

Sara:

We need to contact traffic controI.

If they stiII have a radar fix on us

they can talk us down.

Um, ceII phones.

Does anyone have a signaI?

- ( beeps )

- No.

Wait wait wait.

( beeps )

- F***, I got nothing.

- Same here.

Think.

Sh*t, something's wrong.

We're staIIing.

I have to go to maximum power.

Bruce?

Bruce, God damn it!

There's a piIot operating handbook

underneath the seat.

- Can you give it to me, please?

- You want to check the manuaI?

I thought you knew

how to fly this thing.

Just give it to me, pIease.

Give it to me!

Go to section 5.

- Now what?

- The maximum takeoff weight.

It shouId say somewhere.

Uh, 6,500.

Okay, if we're over that

the staII speed wiII change.

What's the basic empty weight?

- 4891 .

- SaI, how much do you weigh?

- What?

- How much?

- Uh, 170, why?

- MeI?

- 1 10.

- 155.

Bruce?

Bruce, pIease.

Um, 150.

Okay, I'm 1 10

pIus 100 for baggage.

- 1 800.

- 1800?

I think we're too heavy. We shouId

get rid of anything we don't need.

- Are you kidding me?

- Do I Iook Iike I'm kidding?

Sara, I'm not throwing

my stuff out of the pIane.

You know what?

I'II do it for you, okay?

- SaI, no. No!

- Sit down.

I'm gonna open the hatch.

- Be carefuI, pIease.

- You know l will.

- You guys ready?

- Yeah, l got it.

- AII right, anchor me.

- I got you, I got you.

Got me?

AII right, I'm opening.

- Be carefuI back there.

- All right, l got you.

One, two, three.

( air rushing )

- I got you, I got you.

- I'm good. I'm good.

You got it ready?

- Can't keep this thing in tune anyway.

- And you pIay Iike sh*t.

Okay, what's next?

Go!

- You got it?

- Next.

- Next.

- Here.

Get your bag,

I'II get the other one.

- ( roars )

- What the f***?

Mel:
What is it?

What's going on?

- Cory:
SaI, what's wrong with you?

- I just saw something.

- What?

- I don't know! I don't know!

- SaI man, I need you.

- I know. Okay.

Uh, I think that's it.

You're next, go.

- What, are you hoIding out on us?

- Look man, that stays, all right?

AII right, weII, I'm keeping

something too, huh?

- Whoo!

- That's it, come on.

( grunting )

- A IittIe heIp.

- ( grunts )

( panting )

Is it better?

Maybe.

I don't know.

This doesn't make sense. The systems

aren't supposed to faiI Iike this.

So how Iong do we have?

Sara?

Sara, how Iong do we have?

We'II be out of fueI

in Iess than an hour.

( thunder rumbIing )

What are you saying?

When we took off the tanks

were only half full.

No.

We're gonna draw straws

and the winner gets the parachute.

- Oh, come on.

- Cory:
It's a good idea.

- What?

- He's right.

l can't believe you're

even taIking about this.

- No, guys, it's too dangerous.

- Too dangerous?

Is that a joke?

We don't know who put

that chute here.

We don't even know

if it's packed properly.

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